We asked Salty Steve (AKA Steve Dale) from Bradford to give us some feedback of the first sailing of the Dirty Dog adventure.
“Over the last 6 weeks 30 Bradford schools and over 600 pupils participated in the first Bradford Pirate Shared Adventure which has been run by the Bradford Learning Network team at Education Bradford.
The 6 week adventure was based on a scheme developed by Shoofly in which classes participated in weekly live video broadcasts using video conferencing. The pupils then went on to complete a host of tasks with prizes awarded for the best entries.
The scheme was primarily designed to engage boys in writing but the activities ranged from designing flags, writing CV’s, cooking Pirate food and making Pirate Pop videos.
Schools celebrated the end of the project by holding pirate parties and the winning school of the Treasure seekers Challenge will spend a day geocaching with the Pirate Team from Education Bradford’s Curriculum ICT Team.
The project, the first of its type to be run in Bradford, was a great success and enjoyed by both pupils and staff. For more information to see the pupils work visits and the live broadcasts visit www.bradfordpirate.net
Quotes from the “Crews Captains”
“The children have been so engaged with the project, and have made good progress not only in the areas of learning incorporated within the theme, but also across the curriculum perhaps as a result of enjoying being in school and anticipating the next pirate challenge.”
“It has had a positive impact upon boys writing. All children thoroughly enjoyed the topic.”
“We have used the pirate theme to base all our other subjects around. It has increased the ICT skills of the children using the live broadcast to write back on the wall and use a new piece of software. The shared adventure has captured the imaginations of the class and motivated their learning.”
“I have used the information from the training course as a starting point for a Creative Curriculum topic. I have been able to gain ideas from the information provided by Bradford together with things that the children wanted to research as well as my own ideas! The children have been engaged with this whole project and have thoroughly enjoyed it.”
Quotes from the “Pirate Crews”
“I liked doing missing posters of Rosa the cat and making pirates and painting”
“I am most proud of my C.V because I think I did really well”
“Pirate CV, and Homework project was the best”
“I was most proud of me treasure chest because I was top of me class”
“I liked making hard tack”
“It was very nice and we got to work with our classmates” “
Thanks to Steve and Tina for their amazing work and enthusiasm!!!
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